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detect all drivers Windows is using, approach?
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| I would like to write a program that would detect all of the drivers my
Windows 98 is using, and back them up to a folder on my hdd. There are
times in the past when my system crashed and having the drivers backed
up would have been very useful. How would I research writing this program?
TIA,
Mike
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| Ken Halter 2005-10-28, 6:55 pm |
| "mscir" <mscir@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to write a program that would detect all of the drivers my
>Windows 98 is using, and back them up to a folder on my hdd. There are
>times in the past when my system crashed and having the drivers backed up
>would have been very useful. How would I research writing this program?
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> TIA,
> Mike
It would be a lot tougher than just getting a list of files to backup.
Drivers have to be installed. They wind their way throughout the system
registry and take special consideration during installation. Windows
Installer can't even install a hardware driver.
Since this would take months to create and would be nothing but headaches,
imo, you'd be far better off just grabbing Norton Ghost or some other drive
imaging software so you can backup the entire drive.
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Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com
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